Code Quote by John Carmack

The important point is that the cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes…

— John Carmack

Features have a specification cost, a design cost, and a development cost. There is a testing cost and a reliability cost. ... Features have…

— Douglas Crockford

Every feature has some maintenance cost, and having fewer features lets us focus on the ones we care about and make sure they work…

— David Karp

When I was a student and rushing to finish a project, my gut instinct was usually to keep adding all kinds of features. It's…

— Mike Krieger

A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.

— Niklaus Wirth

“When any new language design project is nearing completion, there is always a mad rush to get new features added before standardization. The rush…

— C.A.R. Hoare

Adding last-minute features, whether in response to competitive pressure, as a developer's pet feature, or on the whim of management, causes more bugs in…

— John Robbins

Adding functionality is not just a matter of adding code.

— Wietse Venema

Programs today get very fat; the enhancements tend to slow the program down because people put in special checks. When they want to add…

— Bill Gates

Developing fewer features allows you to conserve development resources and spend more time refining those features that users really need. Fewer features mean fewer…

— Jakob Nielsen

“software alone is a commodity. There is nothing stopping anyone from copying the feature set, making it better, cheaper, and faster.”

— Alex Moazed

Software, by being comprehensive, can save costs by avoiding add-on pieces of software. We can save money in terms of speed of development or…

— Bill Gates